Yemen’s Houthis claim attacking US aircraft carrier three times in last 24 hours

Members of Yemen’s radical Ansar Allah (Houthi) movement attacked the USS Harry S. Truman aircraft carrier three times in the last 24 hours, spokesman for the Houthi armed forces Yahya Saree said on March 30, Report informs via TASS.

"In the last 24 hours, our armed forces engaged in a battle with a group of enemy warships led by the US aircraft carrier Harry Truman three times in the Red Sea. The counteraction operation involved missile troops, unmanned aerial vehicles and naval forces that used several cruise missiles and drones," the Houthi spokesman said during a live broadcast on the Al-Masirah TV channel.

On March 15, US President Donald Trump announced the start of a military operation against the Houthi rebels that control about a third of Yemeni territory.

He explained the decision by the Houthi attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. The US operation involves the Harry Truman carrier group based in the Red Sea. It regularly delivers strikes on the Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen.